http://rt.com/usa/179356-ferguson-police-shooting-teenager/A day of protests and vigils Sunday over the death of Michael Brown, a black teenager who was killed following an altercation with a Ferguson police officer, turned violent overnight with reports of riots and looting.A gathering of mourners at the shooting site Sunday night for Brown, 18, who was to begin his first day in college today, quickly turned violent as people struggled to understand how police could shoot an unarmed teenager in broad daylight.
"We are currently experiencing a riot," a Ferguson police dispatcher said.
The sound of gunfire was reported in the neighborhood late Sunday.
About 150 officers in riot gear from throughout St. Louis County, along with canine units and a SWAT team, were sent to the area, a dispatcher for the St. Louis County Police Department said.
Hundreds of demonstrators - as many as 1,000 at the peak of the protests, according to police - gathered at the site of the shooting on Saturday, some of them shouting "Kill the police" and "Don't Shoot," a county police spokesman said, as quoted by the Chicago Tribune.